Notes in the cloud

- As educators, we're bombarded with informationthat we want to capture.Perhaps we're keeping logs of student behavior,we're writing down student questions to look up later,or even taking notes on how to adjust a particularlesson plan for future classes.In my own classroom, I use post-it notes on everything.I've seen other educators carry notebooksaround with them constantly,but more often than not,no matter what your system is,some information is just never recorded.Microsoft's OneNote is a great way to not only capturethese notetaking opportunities,but to also make sure we always have access to our notes.

As a cloud-based program,meaning it lives on the Microsoft servers,we can log into OneNote from any internet connected computeror even using a tablet or smartphone.Here in my web browser, I've already logged into OneNote.Now, you'll need a Microsoft Live account to do it,and if you have an account,all you have to do is simply log in,and you can automatically access it.By default, it automatically brings you to the notebookcalled My Notebook,and a section called Quick Notes.This way, the minute you launch OneNote,if all you're trying to do is quickly write something down,all you have to do is click, add a title,directly below that, add text.

And it's going to automatically save it for youin you OneNote account.Now before we dive into using OneNote,let's take a second to understand the structure of OneNote.I've created a section for this particular videocall Office for Educators,and I've created a page called the OneNote Structure.Here, on the OneNote Structure page,I'm going to go ahead and walk throughhow OneNote's organized.In OneNote, we can create notebooks,we can create sections, and we can create pages.These three areas are actually nestled together.So, for example, I could have a notebook called Notebook 1.

Inside of Notebook 1,I could have three sections: 1, 2, and 3.And then inside those three sections,I can organize a variety of pages.In order to see the structure,let's go ahead and click on Notebooksin the upper left hand corner.Here I can see the one notebook that'sautomatically created for me when I first sign upfor a OneNote account,and that's My Notebook.I'm going to go and create a new notebook,and I'm going to call this 7th Grade Science.Let go ahead and click Create.

Now that I've created the 7th Grade Science notebook,I can tell that I'm in that particular notebookbecause it says 7th Grade Science at the top of the screen.Now, inside this notebook,I still have a Quick Notes section that'sautomatically created so that I can quickly add notes to it,but I could also go ahead create new sectionsby clicking the + Section button on the left hand side.For example, maybe I have three periods of7th Grade Science,and so let's go ahead and call one First Period.Let's click OK.And I can see that a new section has been addedon the left hand navigation.

Now, when I click between my various sections,I can also see the pages that are created.So, in First Period, I may have a pagethat's going to track student behavior.So, I'm going to go ahead and title this Student Behavior.You'll notice that as I type the title,which is directly above the solid line,it's also going to appear as the page titleon the left hand side.I'm going to go ahead and click my cursorjust down into the actual page section,and here I can go ahead and add anecdotes,such as, let's say a student's initialsand maybe they were acting up in class,and I'd like to make a note of that.

You'll notice, one of the benefits to using OneNoteis it's not only going to add my note,information I can reference later,it's also going to tell me the date and timethat I created this particular note.If I'd like, I can add multiple pagesby clicking the + Page button,and I can go ahead and give them a new titleand new information.I can also quickly jump between my various sectionsand at any time, I can go ahead and click Notebooksand jump back to the main viewof all my Notebooks.

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10/15/2015

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9/5/2013

Teachers, your time is valuable. Learn to reduce your workload, streamline grading and lesson planning, and share resources with students and other teachers with Microsoft Office. Aaron Quigley teaches you how to use Word's templates to create lessons and worksheets more efficiently, use Track Changes to digitally grade papers, build gradebooks in Excel, give presentations from PowerPoint, collaborate over SkyDrive, and connect using Outlook and SharePoint. These lessons are explored using sample lessons, homework, and tests like you'd find at a real-world school. And at the end of each section, Aaron invites you to test what you've learned in a video challenge.

Topics include:

Creating lesson plan templates

Creating worksheets with math equations, charts, and graphs

Grading papers

Creating a gradebook in Excel

Creating an animated presentation

Setting up a school email account in Outlook

Storing documents online with SkyDrive

Creating a class website with SharePoint

Skill Level Intermediate

2h 50m

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Q: This course was updated on 10/01/2014. What changed?

A: We added a brand new chapter on Office Mix, the PowerPoint plugin that allows educators to record interactive presentations and test students with quizzes.